24 Jul Literary Devices – Week 3

Assonance

 

He paid me handsomely to fade away.

 

A bright light illuminated the night sky.

 

It was a great feat to beat the favorite for the senatorial seat.

 

Chiasmus

 

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.

 

It’s not about the quality of power in a voice, but the quality of the voice in power.

 

Eat so that you may live, do not live so that you may eat.

 

Circumlocution

 

I seem to have made a misstep somewhere along the way, that has forced me to retrace my steps to relocate the proper path to you and thus, I will not arrive as scheduled, but roughly one hour later than the original time we agreed upon.

 

I saw you pass and beckoned you to join with a vigorous wave to come hither. Alas, you did not see my gesture, despite my exaggerated effort, and I was forced to leave my seat and make my way all the way across the crowded room to come greet you.

 

I lost my footing on an unforgiving surface and clumsily stumbled to regain my wavering balance before collapsing with a cacophonous crash into a heap on the floor.

 

Consonance

 

What a treat is was to try such a tremendous assortment of truly delicious candy.

 

He placed the platter of plums on the table.

 

He enjoyed some warm chowder after skiing through fresh powder.

 

Epithet

 

Boris the Blade? As in Boris the Bullet-Dodger?

 

Ivan the Terrible

 

The Italian Stallion

 

Euphemism

 

Pass gas.

 

Going to second base.

 

Between positions.